Quote Originally Posted by chris3298 View Post
I'm curious to know could I make it 10.5 inches in width? or even 12 inches possibly? I would think the narrower the pad the faster it would go but harder to control correct? would my 50 tohatsu have a hard time getting the boat onto a 10.5 inch pad?
The size of the pad should be designed so that it's sufficient to provide greater portion of dynamic lift of the hull. A wider pad is more efficient, but also harder ride. Hulls with high deadrise vee will benefit more from having a pad, low deadrise hulls will not see the same benefits. For any hull/setup, pad dimensions can be optimized for the hull. Optimum width and length are sized based on hull weight, power and dynamic balance.

Here is Article on Vee-pad design .